Global Voices wins Knight Batten Award
Global Voices, a Web site that spotlights news and daily life in underreported parts of the world, is the winner of the Knight Batten Awards grand prize.
The awards honor the creative use of the Internet to involve citizens in public issues.
Other winners this year include Health News Review, a health news site started by a University of Minnesota professor to help journalists write accurate medical stories and help consumers find reliable health news; TC Daily Planet, which aggregates news from neighborhood and community press in the Twin Cities; and IBIS Eye, a storm tracking Web site.